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L. BECKER. Washing Machine.

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,667. Patented sep't. 28,1880.

N PETERS. PHOTOLITHOGR:.PHR. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES LEANDEE BECKER, OEYOEK, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

` PATEN @FEicEgf f SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Noi' 232f,667, dated September 28, 1880. I Application filed April 27,:18803 '(lll'odellfr To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEANDEE BECKER, of York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,l forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top-plan view of the machine with the cover to the tub removed, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional view of the same with the cover on. Y

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts. l

This invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which the clothes are subjected to the action of two co-operating rubbingsurfaces, one of which has a rotary reciprocating movement and the other a reciprocating movement toward and from the first; and it relates particularly to improvements on the machine for whichLetters Patent of theUnited States No. 217,979 were granted and issued to me July 29, 1879.

Said improvements consist, first, in mounting the rotary reciprocating rubber upon pivots or bearings which are eccentric to its circular operating-face, whereby said rubber is caused to rise from the bottom of the tub as the other reciprocating rubber moves forward to meet it, and to better lift the clothes into position to be operated upon by said rubbers; and, secondly, in providing means for adjusting the extent of movement of the rotary reciprocating rubber.

In the drawings, A represents the tub or body of the machine, supported upon legs B in the usual manner. The form and construction of the tub do not differ materially from that shown in my patent before referred to, except that it is provided with water-deflectors a a at both ends instead of at one end, and has a cover `or top, a2, as shown in Fig. 2. The delector c is provided with holes or perforations h h, near its lower edge, to permit the return into the tub of any water that may drain from wet clothes placed on top of said deflector, or that may get on top of said deiiector in any other way.

Gis the rotary reciprocating rubber, and D the other 'reciprocating rubber co-operating therewith. The former consists of circular end pieces, c, having flanges c', between which are held the ribs c3, that form the face of the rubber. The extremities of the end pieces are connected by bars c4, that carryV the pivots c5, on which the rubber is supported, andi-have arms c6, to which rods ol are connected, as shown.

Brackets E, secured to the sides of the tub, form'the bearings for thepivots c5.

TherubberD is composed of slats d', held between stout lia-nged end bars, cl2 cl2, secured to thefarms'ff of a pivoted operating-handle, F. The'rods d d, before alluded to, connect the arms c6 of the rotary reciprocating rubber C to the side bars, d2 d2, of the rubber D, as plainly shown in Fig.2, so that when the rubber D1 is moved forward the rubber O will be movedfupward on its pivots to meet it, and the clothes between saidrubbers will be thoroughlyrubbed and cleansed.

Instead of locating the pivots of therubber C midway of the bars c4, as in my former patent, l nowV locate them a little nearer the upper end Vof said bars, so that an eccentric rnotion willbe given to the rubber, causing it to rise up from the bottom of the tub as the rubber D movesV forward to meet it, and to lift the clothes into contact with said rubber D, and thus secure a better action on the clothes, besides rendering the rubber G less liable to become bound by clothes lying on the bottom of the tub.

Perforations g are made in the faces of both rubbers for the purpose of permitting the escape of the water that is 'carried up between the ribs c3,` and also that whichuis expressed from the clothes when the two rubbers come together. The perforations are made tapering, in order that the result may be more per- IOO ' better lift the clothes into position to be operated upon, substantially as described.

2. The rotary reciprocating rubber C, pivoted eccentrically, as described, and having the series of perforations c" in its supporting- I5 arms c6,in combination with the rubber D, the connecting-rods d, adjustable within the perforations c7, and the operatinghandle, Whereby the throw of the rubber O can be regulated and adjusted without altering the throw of the 2o` operating-handle, substantially as described.

LEANDER BECKER. Witnesses:

SOLOMON MYERS,

HENRY C. GINTER. 

